The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-12-07
Free RADE.
ALL AGREED AS TO THAT.
The New York Press Interprets
the Message
With Unanimity as q Bold
Advocacy
OF FREE TRADE POLICY
And the Presidents Party Cannot
Deny 1t.
The Point is, Wasn't he Most
too Frank!
Expressions from all Sorts Of
Sources.
And the Presidents Party Cannot
Deny 1t.
The Point is, Wasn't he Most
too Frank?
Expressions from all Sorts Of
Sources.

New YoRK, Dec. 6.-The Times in its
editorial on the Presidents message, will
say: Mr.. Cleveland has done an act oil
statesmauship in the boat sense. Recog.
MIXING great duty, he has performed 1t
with courage, with irmness, and at the
right time, snd ho has performed 1t 90
that every honest man must See that
1t is an honest act. .
Judged by any ordinary standard
OF political expsdiency, the P1esident's
act is inexpedient. He has forced upon
his party an Issue as to which the party is
divided, and so divided that unless the
minority yield it can defeat the majority.
He has done this on the eve Of a contest in
which considerable number OF men Of
influence in the party have been urging
him to avoid this issue, and threatening
him and the party with disaster II be did
not avoid 1t.
THE SUNS vIRw. rE
The Sun will gay: 1t is not a common
place document, for it is simple, intelli-
gent end coherent; and the quality Of
brevity is chiefly due to the fact that all
other topics Of national interest are dis.
miesed in lump or postponed ss incon-
seauen.inl in the presence Of one problem
Of supreme importancs-the question Of
tariff revision. - >
He declares tha! the theoretical cues.
tion as between protection and free trade
"entirely irrelevant" and the most etrik.
ing and interesting part OF tho messsge is
devoted to precisely that sort Of argument
with which any free trade representative
in Congress, or any free trade professor in
q college class room, or the author of any
free trade text book on political economy,
would begin an attack upon the theory OF
protection. This, we ssy, is the mos.
notable fact about the message.
Ms. Cleveland has never before
in public paper taken sides
square upon this question. He
has done 30 now In manner that leaves
room for no Misunderstanding. It ia q
bold thing TO do, and tho President de-.
serves credit for the plainneea of his
speech. So far does he 20 upon the IA.
miiiar lines OF the free trade speeches in
Congress, and elsewhere, that we find him
betrayed here and there, 10 doubt nm.
cocccleusly, into Gn exhibition Of slight
imitation against American manufacturers
as class, almost as if they were conspira.
tors and public enemies.
THE WORLD ON IT,
The World ssya: The admirable message
Of the President has given to the Demo.
cratic party what it has long lacked-an
iasue and leader. The isaue is tax re-
form. Tho. leader is the President. !"
It can hardly be that tho President has
not at this junc!uro influence enough to
secure tho union Of the Democrats in the
House upon measure OF revenue reduc.
ton and tariff reform.
| TEE HERALD APPROVES.
The Herald will say: The message is an
able, conservative and etatesmanlike doc.
ument, which, unlike many other meg
eages, will be read by the people and dis
cussed by them. :" Wears glad
10 see that be 'avors free wool, which would
give greatly increased and permanent
prosperity to our great wooden industries
aud enable our manufacturers in other
branches at the same time to dispose OF
large quantities Of their products in wool
producing countries to the immediate
bsnetit Of workmen in almost all brsnches
Of American manufactures.
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